DA 42 accident

"Blueskies" wrote ...

"Mike Isaksen" wrote...
: I was hoping to
: get the details of what problems they were experiencing with the 1.7
block;
: to make them retool to the 2.0 block with no performance increase. Left
to
: my own imagination, I would not want to be flying behind the 1.7 at this
: point forward.

The main reason, according to Thielert, was that DaimlerChrysler stopped
producing the 1.7 in favor of the 2.0. Keeping the performance specs the
same avoids the need to modify type certificates and aircraft installations.

Doesn't the 1.7 have a throw away TBO-like limitation that is very low?

Yep, the TBR is around 2,400 hours IIRC. This also means all the 1.7 blocks
will eventually be replaced.